Kooper v. Kooper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Angiolillo, J.
On this appeal we consider principles governing the discovery of documents from nonparties pursuant to CPLR 3101 (a) (4), which provides that the party seeking disclosure must give notice stating “the circumstances or reasons such disclosure is sought or required” from the nonparty. Specifically, the question arises whether a party must establish the existence of “special circumstances” warranting discovery from a nonparty in order to successfully oppose a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum served on that nonparty. Many of our cases continued to apply…
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